Sri Lanka, March 19 -- Detectives have arrested three Bangladeshi associates of a Chinese gang that has been embezzling a huge amount of money through various online scams targeting Bangladeshis.

The arrestees are Rakibul Islam Ratul, 24, Asaduzzaman Raju, 29, and Mamun Howlader, 27.

They were arrested from Dhaka's Airport area on Friday, Saifur Rahman Azad, additional deputy commissioner of DB police, told The Daily Star, yesterday.

DB officials said the gang recruited Bangladeshi students studying in China to facilitate their fraudulent activities. These students were then groomed in China to defraud fellow Bangladeshis.

The officials said they came to know about this gang while investigating a similar case filed with Kalabagan Poli...